Cook Islands vs Peru: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Cook Islands

4.4%

in 2023

Peru

4.4%

in 2024

Cook Islands rank

86th

Peru rank

88th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Cook Islands currently reports 4.4% against 4.4% in Peru, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Globally, Cook Islands ranks 86th and Peru ranks 88th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.